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Monday, January 19, 2015

Week 9 National Prep Basketball Poll released

WAUKEE, Iowa -- Perennial DC-area powerhouse DeMatha (Hyattsville) was one of the top risers in the Week 9 National Prep Basketball Poll. The Stats jumped from No. 16 to No. 10 after a 69-45 blowout win against Roselle (N.J.) Catholic, a team that was No. 4 in the rankings last week. DeMatha is now 3-1 versus teams that have been nationally or regionally ranked this season. NOTE: These rankings were released at 1:00 PM (CDT) on Monday January 19. They do not include results from Monday's games.

^National Prep Basketball Poll – Week 9=

^By Jamie DeMoney & Dr. Jeremy Plowman=

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The National Prep
Basketball Poll is compiled by Jamie DeMoney of XOS Digital and high school
basketball expert Dr. Jeremy Plowman with input from sportswriters, experts, and
coaches. The national Top 25 and regional Top 10's follow with won-loss
records:

FEATS OF THE WEEK: No. 3 Henderson, Nev.,
Findlay dominated No. 22 Lincolnshire, Ill., Stevenson, 84-58, in a game played
at the HoopHall Classic in Springfield, Mass. The contest featured two of the
nation’s top-rated senior guards. Findlay’s Allonzo Trier (an Arizona recruit)
scored 27 points while Stevenson’s Jalen Brunson (Villanova) poured in 26. ... In
other HoopHall action, Radnor, Pa., Archbishop Carroll re-entered the national
poll for the first time since mid-December after a 77-68 win over No. 24
Chicago, Simeon. Senior guard Derrick Jones (UNLV) led the 23rd-ranked Patriots
with 31 points and 14 rebounds. ... At the Bass Pro Tournament of Champions in
Springfield, Mo., No. 4 Mouth of Wilson, Va., Oak Hill toppled an eight-team field
that featured six squads that have been ranked this season. Senior guard Dwayne
Bacon (Florida St.) was named tournament MVP after scoring 33 points in Oak
Hill’s 82-59 win against No. 8 High Point, N.C., Wesleyan Christian in the
championship game. In the first round of the tournament, Bacon scored 32 as the
Warriors beat Chino Hills, Calif., 86-77. Chino Hills was led by senior guard
Lonzo Ball, who posted a triple-double with 22 points, 12 rebounds, and 13
assists. In the fifth-place game, Ball (UCLA) posted his second triple-double
of the tournament, with 17 points, 15 rebounds, and 12 assists in an 86-73 win
over Bentonville, Ark. Senior guard Malik Monk (uncommitted) answered with 50
points for Bentonville.

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Compiled weekly weekly since 1987 and distributed by World Features Syndicate and the Associated Press, the National Prep Poll is the nation's second oldest weekly high school sports rankings. Doug Huff compiled the rankings from 1987 until 1999. Jamie DeMoney has compiled the poll since the start of the 1999 basketball season to the present.

PrepNation.com was originally launched August 1, 2001 by Jamie DeMoney for the purpose of creating a permanent online home for the National Prep Poll football and boys basketball rankings.

The National Prep Poll is the only high school poll distributed to newspapers and websites around the United States by the Associated Press.

Among the criteria used in the weekly compilation of the National Prep Poll rankings are strength of schedule, the ability to accomplish the ultimate goal on a team's schedule (i.e. winning a championship), impact players and performers, a team's coaching and recent tradition.